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Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1975-06-12

Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1975-06-12, page 01

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VOL. 53 NO. 24
JUNE 12, 1975 - TAMUZ 3
Israel To Test Right Of Cargo Passage Through Suez Canal; Thins Troops In Sinai
Troop Reduction East Of Suez
NEAR THE MITLA PASS, Sinai-Tanks withdraw to new positions as part of. the thinning out of Israeli forces in .the Sinai east of the Suez Canal, which Egypt has reopened. The gesture in response to the reopening of the waterway, which has been closed since the 1967 Mideast war, was described by Israeli officials as an effort to stress Israel's flexibility and willingness to compromise.
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat welcomed the Israeli move, terming it "a step toward peace," and it, along with Syria's extension of the United Nations peace-keeping mandate on the Golan Heights for six months, has-served to ease tension along the cease-fire lines.
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE
JERUSALEM (WNS)- As Egypt reopened the Suez Canal for the first time since the Six-Day War, Israel prepared to test the right of passage for its cargo through the waterway. Transportation Minister Gad Jaacobi said that a Liberian vessel carrying 12,000 tons of sugar; ff-bm South Korea to Israel' will attempt to pass through the canal. Israeli officials have stressed that passage through the canal was an understanding of the January 1974 Israeli- Egyptian disengagement agreement. Foreign Minister Yigal Allon told the Knesset that the Israeli government welcomed the reopening of the canal-, noting that it had been one of the understandings of the
Jackson Says Long Range Peace In The Mideast Depends On Egyptian Concessions
By Bob Tenenbaum Chronicle, Special Reporter
U.S. Sen/ Henry M. Jackson believes that while the reopening of the Suez Canal and last week's with¬ drawal of Israeli troops from portions of the Sinai will outwardly lessen Middle East tensions, any hope for long-range peace rests on the willingness of Egypt to make the concessions necessary to assure Israel of its basic-security.
Jackson, an announced candidate for the Democratic nomination for President, visited Columbus on a brief campaign tour of the state and told the Chronicle in. an exclusive interview that the "overt signs" of agreement "are yet to be fully interpreted." "The real question is whether the Egyptians will agree to the creation of the kind of buffer zone or in¬ terim agreement that will bring 5-6 years of non* beligerancy to the area so that the problems on the Syrian side of the occupied territory can be solved,1" Jackson said.
"And the key to whether or not the Egyptians will make that'kind of concession is whether or not (President Anwar) Sadat can stave off the radical political leaders of the area," Jackson said. "Sadat has real economic problems," Jackson said, "and the radicals such as the Libyans and the P.L.O. are seen as a real threat." Jackson said that if Israel - and Egypt could reach an
interim solution to the territorial question-"and I think they really want to'"-- Israel would then be in a position to .bargain on its other fronts.
The Washington Democrat said two other keys to peace prospects in the Middle East were the Saudi Arabian and Soviet governments.
"If the Russians want to weaken the U.S. position in Europe at this time, they could do it by stirring up trouble in the Middle East,"
Jackson said. "And how about the Saudis? Will their new leaders be willing to bankroll the Syrians if they decide to resume fighting?" he asked.
Jackson hailed as a great victory for Israel passage by the Senate last week of a renewal of the authorization to extend military credits to Israel.
The so-called Jackson Amendment to the Defense Procurement act was
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disengagement accord. But he stressed that Israel has "the right to expect that it would have full freedom of access for its cargoes as agreed to in the disengagement accords." Premier Yitzhak Rabin said in a. television interview that if Cairo refuses to allow Israeli cargoes through the canal, Israel will bring the matter up at the next stage of political negotiations. But in Washington while the State Department confirmed .there were secret. un¬ derstandings in the agreement it refused to say whether passage for Israeli cargo through the canal was one of them.Malcolm Toon, the U.S. Ambassador- designate to Israel told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, that "certain private commitments" were made in_the agreement on shipping and, "I, simply don't know" . whether Egyptian President Anwar Sadat will permit Israeli- bound cargo through. Meanwhile, Israeli Chief of Staff Gen. Mordechai Gur predicted the reopening of the canal would usher in a period of, calm in the Mideast.' He said Egypt was not likely to go to war while the canal was open and Syria and Jordan would not go to war without the par¬ ticipation of Egypt.
Israel • moved armor, artillery, infantry and aircraft missiles back beyond the firing range of
Federation Reports On Meeting
The Board of Trustees of the Columbus Jewish Federation mot on 'Monday, May lfth. Twenty-eight people were present, and the meeting concerned Itself with a number of Items of community concern. In response to the many requests which were received by the Federation alter the Chronicle printed a report of last months meeting of the CJF Board of Trustees, a report of this past meeting Is repeated.
COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Hersh L. Adlerstein, Director of the Community Relations Committee of the Columbus. Jewish Federation, reported on the activities of the Community Relations Committee during the past months. He em¬ phasized that the primary concern of the CRC, at this time and for the forseeable future, has been in¬ terpretation of Israel and the Middle East. (A report on the activities of the CRC in this area appeared in the Ohio Jewish • Chronicle several weeks ago).
Dr. Louis Nemzer, Chairman of the CRC's
Committee on Christian- Jewish Concerns, reported on the activities of the committee since its for¬ mation in the fall of 1974. Dr. Nemzer's report appears elsewhere in todays issue of the Ohio Jewish Chronicle. CASH MOBILIZATION The Treasurer's Report was read indicating the tremendous needs for cash at this time. Ben M. Man- . delk'orn, Executive Vice President of the Columbus Jewish Federation, reported that as of April 30th, 1975, 22.6% had been collected on the 1975 campaign, as compared to 35.7% for the same period last year, and 15,6% on the 1973 campaign for the same comparable period. To date, 72.3% has been collected on the 1974, and 93.6% on the 1973 campaigns. Mr. Mandelkorn explains that under normal circumstances this' would be acceptable, but in view of the
urgency for cash, more funds must be obtained. He pointed out that as of April 30, 1975 there are pledges receivable for the current and prior years amounting to $3,066,618.00. (See the story, elsewhere in today's Chronicle, about the cash mobilization programs.) 1975 CAMPAIGN Millard Cummins, General Campaign Chair¬ man for the 1975 Campaign, reported that the campaign achievement as of May 15th, 1975 was 3,718 pledges for a total of $2,465,851.00, which represents a 16.2% drop as compared with 1974 pledge value. The overwhelming number of gifts, however, represent levels equal to the . same or more than last year, with the reduction largely taking place among some of the very large gifts. Since there are approximately 1600 prospects to be con-
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after Premier Yitzhak Rabin announced the unilateral Sinai action in what was seen as a gesture toward Egypt's reopening of the canal. Rabin announced the sur¬ prise move as President Ford was meeting with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Salzburg, Austria. Rabin insisted that, the move was not taken as a result of
any information coming out of Salzburg. He said it was an independent and unilateral move "based on our assessment that Israel should do something- involving a. measure of risk- to demonstrate our con¬ tribution in light of the canal's reopening, towards pacification of the region."
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Hillel Rabbi Leaving For "More Intense Jewish Life"; Criticizes Jewish Leadership In Columbus
By Bill Cohen Chronicle Special Reporter
Rabbi Chaim Feller, Co- director of the Ohio State University 1 Hillel Foun¬ dation, plans to leave Columbus for Los Angeles, where he will become Co- director at the U.C.L.A. Hillel Foundation.
After* a planned July 27 marriage to Ms. Doreen Seidler, a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at Ohio State, Feller plans to depart in early August.
Feller, who came to OSU in September, 1973, was active as a teacher at the Hillel Foundation's Free University.
He drew fire from some Orthodox rabbis because of his support of the Jewish' women's movement, which included his calling women to. read the Torah during Sabbath services and his counting of women as members of the minyon.
Rabbi Feller was also criticized by some officials of the Columbus Jewish Federation for his publicly-
stated views that Israel should be more com¬ promising in seeking a Mideast peace settlement.
In an interview with The Chronicle, Feller said he hopes that in addition to the Federation, the Columbus Board of Rabbis .and com¬ munity professionals will have " a greater role in representing the Jewish community to-non-Jews.
Feller said the Federation should not be allowed "To dictate, community priorities," and he called for a change within the present Jewish community, where "people like me are branded as heretics because the community has not allowed" a diversity of opinion."
Feller said current Jewish communal leadership has promoted "a secular form of Judaism, whose main ritual is contributing money to Israel."
"I'm not opposed to this," said Feller, "but, what troubles me is that this is allowed to be the whole
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